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CDP issues 2017 Climate Change Report for Australia/New Zealand companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... "recognised a linkage between water and other environmental issues." The CDP also reported on forestry asset and natural capital. For this year's report, 14 companies, whose business activities are dependent on forests risk commodities were asked to ...

CEFC invests $200m into QIC Shopping Centre Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... sector, said QSCF Fund Manager Michael Fattouh. "This partnership with CEFC presents a unique opportunity to align QSCF's capital management strategy that seeks to diversify its sources of funding with Global Real Estate's broader ESG ambitions to drive ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... integration, you're not optimising for impact. You're carefully considering the risks of, say climate change, and human capital management and governance, and that impacts your return profile. The impact comes separately as mentioned thru encouraging ...

EVs, autonomous vehicles, transport as a service to disrupt cities, economy: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... position to take advantage of the global transition, given the educated, tech-savvy profile of Australia, and the amount of capital available for investment. "The final piece is national leadership through federal government policy making, and that is ...

Australian government launches impact investment fund for Asian SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... communities in our region." The EMIIF will invest up to $2 million in SME fund managers to help a range of businesses access capital to grow. EMIIF will also focus on encouraging investment in enterprises that positively impact women, which builds on ...

RIAA annual conference to discuss how responsible investment will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... of the industry is shifting from justifying the case for ESG-management techniques on how to use the tools to allocate capital and shape the future Australian economy. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO These are the themes that will be explored in next weeks' ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation publishes 2016/2017 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... commitments at 30 June 2016. This is a 96% growth in commitments, the CEFC noted. "We committed more than $2 billion in CEFC capital, to projects valued at $6.5 billion," said Ian Learmonth, CEFC CEO. "Cumulative leverage across the portfolio was more ...

DTEK joins the Climate Bond Initiative's Partner Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... attract financing for green energy projects by opening up the Ukrainian green debt finance market and attracting private capital to fund key players' climate ambitions in line with NDCs," according to the Climate Bond Initiative. Ukraine has committed ...

ACSI publishes report calling for introduction of non-binding shareholder resolutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... ACSI is recommending the introduction of a non-binding shareholder resolution, maintaining the current threshold of 5% of capital or 100 shareholders for bringing proposals. As The Sustainability Report recently reported, governance experts see shareholder ...

Governance experts discuss issues in AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... those." Disclosure of the thinking behind remuneration is key, Karin Halliday senior manager, corporate governance at AMP Capital Investors. "I think we've seen quite a bit of simplification of remuneration structures," she said. "Companies that have ...